2008-07-29

Day 2

Burley, ID 09896.9Denver, CO 10569.4672.5 miles

Leg 1 DonePortland, ORDenver, CO1283.2 miles

I beat the big long desert of Wyoming and finished the first leg.

The question arose—why the hell am I doing this? It’s easy to come up with answers—reasons—justifications—after the fact, but that’s not the same as knowing the reason. So why am I doing this? Hell if I know. And the first day is too soon to judge the merit of a thing. I’ll have to wait, to see the whole thing, wait til it’s over, to be able to say if it was worth it. I don’t yet know the costs, nor the outcome.